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JNO. B.,HOWELL, I
LACY A. MORGAN, f
PROGRESS
Hew to the Line, let the Chips Fall Where They May. M
VIENNA, GA., TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1893.
PUBLISHED WEEK
Je oi
Pny-Second Congress.
Discussed and Bills Passed
ir National Uaw*Makers.
THE SENATE.
senate, Tuesday, senator Har-
frted the quarantine bill with the
[dating clause omitted as a substi-
the quarantine and immigration
( <W by the house. Senator Hill
1' to immediate ait ion upon the
t“«%rished to examine it, and the
oyer until Wednesday. The
l » ,(> ok U P Mr. Chandler’s res-
Iflutsting the president to trans-
’telnte any convention he may
'lie provisional 'government
|5'a) Mr. C mdler discussed it,
\ f tlerencc of the rosulution
lliiktee on foreign rehtions.
\nade a long statement
giving details a9 to
commerce, etc., of
favuriug annexation.
Lconcluded his speech
k bill was takon up.
ijscussiou on the bill
||gau. The first vote
ent offered by Mr.
the George substi-
^ns and futures as
te hereby declared
K>d restraint upon
gtes, and with
^llegal and
nays 50).
misinterpreted liis
„ did I.ct contain any pro-
- . or '^ e use of I'enRessee marble,
norllid it c mtain any principle of pro-
t'CtGn. Its purpose was to put the
Aintpican citiz n on an equal footing
with foreigners.
In the house, Wednesday morning, in
puisuance of the terms of a cqi current
resolution passed by (he house and sen
ate, making arrangements for the c ur-
tng of the electoral vote, the speaker ap
pointed ns tellers on the part of the
house Messrs. Chapman and Lodge.
Both are members of the committee on
the election of president and vice presi
dent. The house then went into a com
mittee of the whole for the further con
sideratton of the sundry civil bill. The
pending question was on the jurisdict
ional point of order raised by Mr. But
ler, of lows, against the river and har
bor items of the bill. It was con
tended that the appropriations should
have been reported by the committee on
rivers and harbors; but, although Mr.
Holman was the foremost of those who
made the contention against the power of
the committee of which be is chai rmaD,
that committee came out victorious, and
that item was decided to be a proper one,
and further thin that, the item withstood
a fusilade of objections and came out
unscathed. The aggregate of the item
is sixteen millions. Without finally act
ing on the bill the house adjourned.
The house Thursday morning discuss
ed for a time ihe point of order that
amendments to the an’i-option bill must
first be considered in committee of the
w hole. The speaker then ri served his
decision upon the point of order until
Friday. Mr. Catchins, from the rules
committee, reported the special order for
the bank circulation bill (Andrews and
Cate silver repeal), giving notice that he
would call it up February 9. The anti
option bill, with the senate amendments,
having been laid before the house, Mr.
Hatch moved that the house non-coocur
in the amendments and agree to the re-
L uest of the senate for a conference. Mr.
yqum raised the point of order that
^amendments must be considered in
^committee of the whole. Mr. Cum-
js introduced a bill to provide for
.facilitate commercial and political
between the United States of
rica and the Dominion of Cauada.
(deration of the sundry civil appro
ve bill was then resumed. A num-
mendineuts were presented but
’efeated. The comrniitee th'n
reported the bill to the bouse,
ndments—esc:pt those to which
».m ide—were agreed to in
amendment giving
(Stic marble over for-
’St. The bill then
o’clock the house ad-
THROUGHOUT "HI SOUTH
bouse of representatives on June 9th,
1892, with various senate amendments
thereto. The first section defines the |
word options to mean a contract or agree- I
ment for the right or privilege to deliver
at a future time or within a designated j
period any of the articles mentioned in 1
section three. The second section defines
futures to mean a contract or agreerr.eat
to sell and deliver at a future time or j
within a designated period any of such
articles when the party so contracting
was not the owner of such articles or had
not agreed for the right to their future .
.possession. The act, however, is not to Smith wasThursday appoint-
apply to any contract to supply national, cd permanent rece’ier of the Morristown
state or municipal governments with and Cumberland Cap railroad on the pe-
any such articles, nor to contract by j tition of a majorit of the stockholders,
farmers and planters for future de" j 1 A Dallas, Texa, special says the jury
livery, nor to agreement? to pay or deliv- in the case of D- R- H. Jones Thursday,
part of the product of land as a com- | brought in a vedict of guilty, giving
Notfis of Her Progres and Prosperity
j Briefly Epazefl
/ ——
AM Important Happenings from Ray
to Day Te*ely Told.
A Knoxville, 'enn., special says:
pensation for its use, or as compensation
for work or labor done or to be done on
same, nor to agreements with farmers or
planters to furnish such articlts for use
< r consumption—provided that such con
tracts or agreements shall not be
made or settled for by any board of
trade or exchange. The "third sec
tion specifies articles to which the
bill is to apply, ns cotton—raw or
unmanufactured—hops, wheat, corn, oafs,
rye, barley, pork, lard and bacon. The
fourth section imposes special taxes, as
follows: Dealers in options or futures
at $1,000, a year license fee and 5 cents
a pound on cotton, hops, pork, lard or
bacon and 20 cents a bushel on grain.
Sections five to fourteen relate to details
for enforcing the tax, and section fifteen
provides that the act shall take effect on
the 1st of July 1893.
The bill passed the senate Tuesday af
ternoon fry a vote of 40 to 29. A score
or more of amendments were off-red to
the bill as reported from the senate com
mittee on agriculture, I ut none were
adopted. The committee on agriculture
however had amended the bill materially
from the shape in which it came from the
house. Thus the bill goes back to the
house in an amended form, and must be
sgain acted upon by that body.
TRADE REVIEW.
gossip.
Itials for his second
Ito the senate Tues-
^ee Thursday morn
vote, decided to
Id Western bill fa-
lamendments.
|> of ex'rn session
Thursday. Don
that an extra
cd to repeal the
|ad around with
lia, introduced a
|y providing for
currency and
le distribution
\nd laws and
[f said loans
senate,
nhe naval
sec-
With
link the
\d a re
veil re-
little,
Run and Bradstreet’s Report for the)
Post Week.
R. G. Dun & Go’s, weekly review of
trade says there has been some increase
in the distiibution of products during
the past week, and the demand for man
ufactured goons is distinctly larger sc
that business has perceptibly improved
at many points. Yet the outgo of gold;
expected to exceed $3,000,090, reduce*
treasury resources, causes increased ner
vousness about the future, and renders
men more reluctant to engage in new t)n-
dertakings.
Money is everywhere comparatively
easy and cheap, neveitheless there is
more sense of uncertainty about the fut
ure than appeared a month ago. Money , . , „. . .
is in good demand, but currency reborn- j * e s ate of Virginia,
ing from the country and southern cities rginia, rou -g a
generally report improvement, especially
at Louisville, Nashville, Knoxville and
Memphis, with good prospfects and col
lections. At Little Rock, trade is quiet
and collections slow, but in AtlaGt/3 bus
iness increases and collections are very
fair. At New Orleans trade is q.Iiet and
money in fair demand with ak ample
supply; but cotton is dull with light
receipts. Sugar is still slfrong^iron and
steel breaking prices, though//the de-
mand.s^tT saies are large. Bejslemex pig
at Pifcsburg has fallen to n|3.25, and
ollK^fcfnarkets for pig atve irregular,
les are larde. Business is fin-
ic!s is ve/rv heavy, but for
prices fare iowler than ever
tracts Tor cruisers,
mrg works, and for
fT he," given Vo a PennsyIva-
ll are mentioned as remarkably
though structural iron works have
Ire business than usual,
ness failures during the week num-
ihe United States, 255; Canada,
1 295 against 333 iast week.
WHAT BRADSTREET SAT8.
treet says: The features of bns-
e past week has been a gradual
(of movements of general mer-
3 and produce to their accustomed
Boats are once more running
nsome southern streams except
f.fiS, between New Orleans and
tbipnd at some Atlantic tide-
:oiu) Produce and other per-
ds are again moving freely,
_ A IcS^s of seme of the advance in
Voces' referred to last week. Eastern
jobbers and xfry goods mills report the
beginning of what appears to be a most
active January’s demand for cotton -and
woolen staple goods for years past. Cot
tons are strong, and print cloths
are firmer with the surplus cut down
to 1,000 pieces against 248,000a year ago.
Printers are unable to furnish jobbers as
fast as goods are demanded, and Janu
ary’s sales promise to largely exceed those
for 1892. The usual influences have
been at work on cotton prices. The
iglish strike, prbspects for and against
^ ^nti option bii|i and reduced or in-
cl movement!? from plantations to
pie net result for the week show-
jne of \one-teuth of a cent.
b!e (improvement is noted
a. —where the effects
_ek or two ago were
announces a larger
an for the same peri-
poits that country
inerally count on a
trade.
ice blockade having been
mond, orders for goods are
k exception of shoes; as the
Cco, while travelers'for
that the bad weather
ing interior points as
At Charleston prices
e are low, but the
the output of the
rove prices and
yived at Ment
is under way
sfactory or-
all staple
distributive
as exports
.Galveston
rchants
wants
entile
.very
cted.
him a life sesterce. In October last at a
confederate riudon Dr. Jones killed W.
G. Veale.
Bills passed -he North Carolina legis
lature Tuesdni chartering four railways
—the Winsto-*, Salem and Charleston,
the Burlingon and Southwestern, the
Atlantic and Ohio, and the Virginia and
North Carolina.
Seven dejeonesses were ordained in
St. John’s fipiscopal church at Mobile,
Ala., Thursday morning by Bishop P. H.
Wilmer in accordance with the new
canon of thJ Protestant Episcopal church.
They take service in the church home for
orphau b.ys and girls.
A Waihington special says: In the
matter of the adjustment of the grant for
the Motile and Girard Railroad Company
of Alabama, under the act of September
29, 18tf0, Secretary Noble, on Wednes-
day,d;cided that the company is entitled
to lands only for the constructed portion
of the road between Girard and Troy,
amounting to 302,233 acres.
A Raleigh dispatch of Tuesday says:
The agricultural department of North
Carolina is in receipt of reports from the
v heat section of the state, which show
that winter wheat and oat? look uncom
monly well. Snow has protected them
from the sty.re weather. The general
outlook for nil the crops is extremely fa
vorable and farmers are very hopeful.
A Washington special of Thursday says:
Robert S. Sharp, of the Chattanooga di
vision, has been appointed inspector jn
charge of the Chattanooga division, em
bracing the states of Florida, South Ca
rolina, Georgia, Alabama and Tennessee.
The appointment is said to be a most
excellent one. Mr. Sham is considered
one of the most skilled and competent
officers of the bureau of depredations.
The house judiciary committee, Tues
day, ordered a favorable report on the
senate resolution authoriz’ng pavments
from the appropriation of the act "of Au
gust, 1890, to apply a portion of the pro
ceeds of the public lands to a more com
plete endowment and support of the ag
ricultural and mechanical arts colh g< g to
_ t-rt- ■ ■ The legislature of
misunderstanding
with the interior department, adjourned
without giving the requir d assent to the
act of 1890.
In the Alabama sena'e, Wednesday,
Senator Inger, of St. Clair, startled the
staid and sedate body by offering a joint
resolution by which the proposition will
be submitted to the people of amending
article eight of the constitution by the
addition of section eight to that article.
This amendment proposes to give the
general assembly the authority to extend
the suffrage to all women iu the state of
Alabama over the age of twenty-one
years. 1 he right to vote is limited to
municipal elections and to elections which
are held involving the right to make, sell
or dispose of malt or spirituous liquors.
A Raleigh, N. C., special says: There
was a very important meeting, Thurs
day, of state officers, railway commis
sioners and legislative committees to pre
pare the most important bid which will
come up at the present session of the leg
islator -. It is to repeal acts which give
partial exemption from taxation to the
Cheraw and Salisbury, the North Caro
lina and the Wilmington and Weldon
railways. There will be a great fight
over this bill, but it is certain to pass, as
a decision has already been made that all
exemptions must be removed. The to
tal of property on which the state will
get tax under the terms of this bill is
$2,520,000.
A meeting of the board of directors of
the Jeff Davis Monument association was
held at Richmond, Va,, Wednesday.
The following resolution was adopted:
“Resolved, That' it is the sense of the
board that the remains of President Da
vis be removed from New Orleans to
Richmond and re-enterred iu Hollywood
on M ty 30th, Hollywood memorial day,
•.nd that the president of the association
be authorized to appoint a committee of
five, of which he shall be chairman, to
consult with Mrs. Davis and the New
Orleans authorities, and to arrange all
other details necessary to make said re
moval and interment.”
The most disastrous fire that has vis
ited Huntsville, Ala., in forty vears. oc
curred Thursday night. What was known
as the Struve block was iolally destroyed.
The damage is estimated at $50,000.
The block was occupied with the law of
fices of Laurence Cooper, Ben P. Hunt
and W. E Brown, drug stores of J. B.
Humphrey, jewelry store of E. Karthous.
Westeru Union telegraph office, doctors’
offices of W, E. Wheeler, C. A. Robinson
and W. H. Barrett. Uni:ed States com
missioner's office, H. M. McCullough,
commission merchant, of Jame’ U. Mai-
tin, denial offices of Drs. J. S. Hid, An
il rs-an, Pokings Bros., and the saloon of
W F..Strove. 'I he amount of insurance
is not ret known.
GROWTH OF THE SOUTH.
The Industrial Developments During
The Week.
A review of tho industrial situation in the
South for the week past rhows that there is &D
evident increase in the volume of industrial de
velopment. Six new cotton mills have been or
gan zed during the week, one at Columbia S.
C., with $750,000 capital, another at Monroe,
La., with *250,000 capital, one at Orangeburg,
S. C., capitalized at $100,000, and others at
Fiore;!!’--, Ala., Chickamanga and Hartwell,
Ga. A $100,000 distillery has been chartered at
Weatherford. Texas and five flaming mills, four
cotton oil mills, three tanner es and seventeen
woodworking establishments have also been re
ported.
Fifty-three r ew indnstri- s were established
or incorporated durin; the week, together with
i enlargements of manufactories, and 14 im
portant new buildings. Among the Dew indus
tries i eported for the we. k are brick works at
Houston, Tex-e; canning factori-.s at Hender
son, N. C., Clarksville and Oak Grove, Tenu., a
$60,000 development company at Covington,
Ky., and a distillery at Fort Worth, T. xa6
Flour and grist mill? are reported at Bladestan.
Ky.. Maiden, N. C., P,ktville, Jonesboro and
Willetto, Tenna fence companv at Florence.
S. C., a machine shop at Rock Hill, S. C.. and
oil m' ls at Beebe and Little Rock, Ark., Mem
phis. Term., and Clebnrne, Texas.
Phosphate works are 10 be established at Al
bion, Bartow and Willistou, Fla., nnd tanner
ies at Shreveport, La., Bristol, Tenn., and
Charleston, W. Va. The wood working plants
of the week include baud saw mills at Dyers-
burg, Tenn., and Norfolk, Va., a form nr? fac
tory at Jackson, Tenn., a lumber company at
Charleston, S. C., an 1 saw-, planing and shingle
mills at Renfro, Ala., S<n Antonio. Fla., Kra
mer, Ga., Benton, Ky.. El Grille, Mirs., Pofe-
c-ati and Woodland, N. C., G en Alpine, S. C.,
Blue Spring and Dyeisburg, Tenn., and
Cburchville and Big Stone Gap, Va.
Water works are to be built at Cullman,Ala.,
Aransas Pass, Cameron and Huntsville, Texas.
Among the enlargements reported ' are s'ove
works at Atlanta, Ga., cotton mills at Union
Springs, Ala., Augusta, Ga., Henrietta and
Salisbury, N. C., and stave works at Mt. Pleas
ant, Tenn.
The new buildings of the week include a
$500.OCO court honse at Fort Worth. Texas, and
one cosling $75,000 ut Paikersbnrg, W. Va., an
opera house at ClintoD, Tenn.. and school build
ings at Knoxville, Tenn., and Plant City, Fia.
Tradesman (Cbattanooca. Term 5
TELEGRAPHIC GLEANINGS.
The News of the Worlfl Condensed Into
Pithy aiDfl Pointed Paragraphs.
Interesting: and Instructive to All
Classes of Readers.
HOUSEHOLD AFFAIRS.
HEADING THEM OFF.
An Uncle of Hawaii’s Queen Reaches
Washington Ahead of Commission.
A Chicago speci >1 «f Thursday says:
John M. Clegboin. from Sac Francisco,
an uncle of Princess Kaiuliani. the heir-
apparent to the Hiwaiian throne, Btole a
march on the Hiwaiian commissioners,
who are on their way to Washington to
present the claims of the provisional gov
ernment.
As soon as the news of the revolt be
came known, Cleghorn packed his grip
and took the first tr in for Washington
with the result that he arrived
in Chicago forty-eight hours ahead
of the commissioners, and will reach
the capitol that much in advance of
them.
His purpose i? to present the claims of
his niece to the United States govern
ment before the commission appointed
by the provisional government arrives at
the national capitol.
He is a brother of A. S. Cleghorn,
whose deceased wife was the sister of the
deposed queen Lilinokalani, and whose
daughter, the heir apparent, is at a fash
ionable school in England. He wili lay
before President Harrison the claims
of bis neice. Princess Kaiuluni, and
will plead for the establishment of a
protectorate with the princess as queen.
STEEL PRODUCTION.
Steel
Rnlletin of American Iron and
Association.
A Philadelphia disp itc 1 of Thursday
says: The bulletin ot the American Iron
and Steel association presents complete
statistics of the production of Bessemer
steel ingots and of the Bess; m< r steel
rails of all weights and sectious in the
United States in 1892, except compara
tively the small qmntity of rai's made by
other manufacturers from purchased
blooms.
In the statistics ingots ere included in
the production of a few clapp—Griffiths
& Robert—Bessemer plants, aDd also the
production of steel castings.
Total production of Bessemer s’eel in
gots tor 1892 is 4,160,982 gross tons;
for 1891, 3,247,417 gross ton<=. The to
tal production of Bessemer steel ingots
in 1880, the year of the largest produc
tiou prior to 1892, was 3.6S8,871 gro--s
tons, which was 472,101 ions less than
in 1892. The total product of Bissem>-r
steel rails in 1892. with the exc prion
above noted, was 1,458,317 gross tons,
an incre ;8e of 219,3.59 gross tons ovei
product on in 1891
BLAINE’S WILL.
NO TENNESSEE DISPLAY
Will be Made at Chicago. Her Legis
lature Refuses to Appropriate.
A Nashville, Tenn., special of Thurs
day, says: Tennessee will not be offici
ally represented at the world's fair. The
house has so decided, and the house is
supreme. For two days the bill appro
priating $50,000 for an exhibit at the
world’s Columbian exposition has been
under debate. The members of present
general assembly were elected on a re
form platform, and according to the ar
gument advanced, the time was too short
to allow a creditable display, and it
wouid be inappropriate to cut down the
fees of the state officials and save a few
thousand dollars to the taxpayers, and
then at one whack relieve the state treas
ury of $50,000 to be expended in adver
tising the state. When the bill was
nally put upon its third and final read-
it was rejected by a vote of veas 35,
s 58.
riey’s Heirs Wiu.
A verdict
He Leares All His Earthly Possessions
to His Wife.
A Washington dispatch of Monday
says: The will of Mr. Blaine will be
probated in Augusta, Me., which was his
legal residence. The disposition he makes
of his properly is characteristic of the
confidence he always reposed in bis wife
ard which was such a noticeable feature
of the family rela'ion. Everything is
left unreservedly to Mrs. Blaine. She is
to be sole executrix of the instrument
and is not to be required to give any
bond. Mr. Blaine’s estate, according to
the estimate of a gentleman whose rela
tions with him enable him to speak with
correctness, will amountto about $800,000.
It is composed of improved real estate in
Washington and Maine, and of coal and
timber lands in West Virginia and other
states, and small holdings of personal
property. The will was executed several
weeks since, at about the time Mr. Blaine
was seized with his first serious heart
failure, which announced the rapid ap
proach of the end.
PARADING THEIR POVERTY
Before the Lords and Commoners of
England’s Parliament.
A London cablegram says: About two
hundred and fifty wretched locking vic
tims of poverty and privation gathered
on Towrr Hill Tuesday morniDg and re
solved to make a display of their rags
and misery before tbe lords nnd com
moners in parliament. The mob had no
settled plan of procedure; they were too
hungry for that, but one and all they
started in the direction of the parlia
ment houses.
It was a pitiful procession and excit
ed the sympathy and surprise of the
spectators. The police at first did not
interfere, thinking that the gathering
would disperse very soon; but when it
became apparent that the famine strick
en wretches really meant to make a scene
before parliament, the police dispersed
them
A London cablegram says: Parlia
meat reassembled Tuesday.
The Anchor Foundry and Machine
Company at Pittsburg, Pa., owned
Wharton McKnight, failed Wednesday
Liabilities amount to $124,000; assets
about $100,000. „
Early Wednesday morning fire at Li:
tie Falls, N. Y., destroyed several build
iug, including the Hotel Rockton, Grand
Central hotel aud the Metropolitan block
Total loss estimated at $200,000. No
lives lost.
A Berlin cable disp itch says: An ex
plosion of fire damp occurred in General
Von Blumentbai’s coal pit at Beckin
hausen Westphalia, Wednesday. Eight
teen miners were killed instantly and sev
enteen were injured.
Fire broke out Wednesday night in the
third story of the commission house of
B. G. Pollard, and the Farmers’ Alliance
exchange,on Roanoke dock,Norfolk, Va
The building was stored with peanuts
and other inflimmable stuff, and the fire
men had hard work trying to get the tire
under control.
The First National bank of Little
Rock, Ark., closed its doors Thursday
Its liabilities are understood to be over
half a million dollars. The cause that
lead to the suspension was the issuance
of fraudulent paper by former officers of
the bank to the amount of several hun
dred thousand dollars.
A Loudon cablegram of Tuesday says:
It is learned on excellent authority that
the British government has not instruct
ed Sir Julian Pauncefote to protest
against American interference in Hawaii,
as the British government does not ex
pect the United States to take any step
to which Great Britain would be likely
to object.
A London cablegram says: The popu
lar reception of James EgaD, liberal Irish
dynamitet, in Limerick Wednesday even
ing, was the most remarkable demonstra
tion yet made in his honor. Tho whole
city was ab’azs with bonfires, torchlight
processions paraded with bands and ban
ners, and almost every house was illumi
nated The mayor of Limerick pres ided
over the meeting with which the demon
stration closed.
Natural gas exploded in the house oc
cupied by Ulysses S. Brunson at Ander
son, Ind., Tuesday night. The bouse
was completely wrecked, and five per
sons seriously injured. Mrs. Brunson
was blown through the door and bruised
as well as burned. She will die. Sarah
Brunson, aged 11, Mary Brunson, 7, Dol-
lie Brunson, 3, blown out of their beds
and badly burned about the face nnd
legs. Leaking service of the pipe caused
the disaster.
A special from Braddock, Pa., says:
Wednesday morning the new scale was
promulgated at the Edgar Thompson
steel works, of Carnegie’s company, by
which the wages of all employes in the
converting and blooming departments
have been reduced. About 500 men
were affected . A conference will be held
between the repres^-rUet'*" 1 * of the men
and the company and an effort will be
made to avert, if possible, the proposed
reduction.
A London cablegram of Wednesday
says: A. dispatch flora Malta announces
that the British warships Dreaddaught
and CamperdowD, the former attached
to the Mediterranean squadron, and the
latter tbe flagship of Vice Admiral Sey
mour, have sailed from Malta for Zante
to aid the survivors of the terrible earth
quake there. The vessels carry a large
number of tents and a supply of bedding,
which will be placed at the disposal of
the authorities for the use of the suffer
era.
A rear end collision and explosion oi
two car loads of powder occurred on th(
Lake Shore railway three quarters of f
mile east of Strycker, O., Thursday af
ternoon. Westbound local freight No. i
ran into the rear end of extra freight No.
583, which had parted from the mail
part of the train, explodeding two car
lpads of powder and blowing the ca
boose and three cars to atoms and badlj
damaging the engine. The engineer and
firemen saved themselves by jumping.
There was no one in the caboose and nc
loss of lives resulted.
A FKACTICAte HINT.
A good cook says she always has •
piece of bacon in the house, and to keep
it sweet and fresh she takes a clean white
cloth, wrings it out in cold water and
wraps the bacon in it, then lays it on
the swing shelf in her cellar. In sum
mer she does the same thing, only she
puts it in the refrigerator. Salt pork
may be kept in the same way.
CAUTION ABOUT CANXKD I ROT.
Now that the season of canned fruit is
again upon us housekeepers will do well
to repeat the caution which forgetful
maids need periodically—to empty the
provisions out of the can as soon as it is
opened. Often a most dangerous acid is
formed by the chemical action of the air
upon the soldering of the cans.
It is this acid, indeed, which is respon
sible for much of the prejudice against
canned food. Many of the reported ac
cidents would,if they could be thoroughly
investigated, be found to have resulted
from kitchen carelessness. The thrifty
cook who, wishing everything in ample
time, opens her can of corn or pears an
hour er more before it is put into the
saucepan exposes the family to a danger
which is none the less serious because
usually avoided. Open the cans if neces
sary, but empty their contents at once,
and never set a remnant away in them for
future use.—New York Times.
KITCHEN NECESSITIES.
When one expects good service, it is
an important item that suitable utensils
and equipments be provided. Many a
housemaid wastes hour^ of her time every
week in the almost hopeless search for
dusters, scrubbing cloths and tbe thou
sand and one bits of fabric that one
must have about the kitchen. Many
housekeepers do not seem to realize that
there are many things that require a
little piece of rag or, possibly, very soft
paper. Odds and end3 of cloth of all
sorts are thrown away, torn up or, as
one over-thrifty woman used to do, put
into the heater. Indeed, in more than
one family the appetite of the hot air-
furnace is insatiable, aud has been for
years fed with articles of great value, if
properly utilized.
There should be special cloths for
lamps, windows, patnt, floors and stoves.
For these latter, worn and otherwise
useless lamp and Moor cloths are desira
ble. When these cloths are of little
value for their legitimate purpose, they
should be thrown into a dish of strong
soda water and boiled for half an hour,
when they may be rinsed and put up to
dry. They are then useful for rubbing
the stove, the hearth or the grates, after
which they may still do service in kin
dling the fire.
The good housekeeper rarely finds it
necessary to throw anything away. Her
economy, however, consists largely in
starting right and making one article do
the work of half a dozen. Old muslin
may be first used a3 window cloths, then
go through the various stages of paint,
lamp and stove cloths just as well as not.
Instead of this, we often see the hearth
and grates rubbed with bits of snowy-
white muslin or cambric caught up in a
hurry, because there is neither system
nor economy about the house.
WHICH WAS RIGH '
A small, clear brook set ont one
To searoh for the dark blue
It babbled and sparkled, it rip
And cried, “Just look at me.
For I have started, dear ne
friends, / '
To find my tether, the Sea 1”
“Oh dear little brook 7' urged the m
bank,
As the stream slipped singing by—
“I beg you most earnestly give it up;
If you’ll wait, I will tell you why 7’
But the brook would not listen, and
away
Beneath the smiling sky.
“Ob, where are you going,
brook?”
Asked a pollard-willew t
Which leaned where the b
limpid pool.
Its tresses green to see—
Tm going, dear madam,” sing th
“To find mv father, the Sea. - ’
“O dear, small brook 7’ cried it
friend,
“Great danger will meet you this
There’s an awful thing whin j will
you up
Before you go half the 1
“I don’t believe it,” rippled
“I’m going, for all you say 7
And the brook and the pollard
right,
As you nil! presently sea;
For a great dark river hurried along,
Ind swaliowed the brook, and its merry
song;
And carried it off to I
o Sea. J t
—Annie L. Hannah.
ismER EXPLOSION.
and
TENNESSEE LEGISLATORS
Investigating the “Snaps” Which the
State Officers Have Been Enjoying.
A Nashville, Tenn., special says: The
justice of the demand for « reduction in
the fees of certain state officials was
shown Tuesday when the joint commit
tee that bad investigated the subject pre
seated its report in each house of the
legislature. 1 his report showed that the
state treasurer during the past iwo year-
received $31,822, out of which he had
paid $5,200 expenses, leaving him $26,-
662, or $13,311 per annum. The secre
tary of state in 1891 received $5,146; in
1792 $5,769. 'Ihe c >mptroller received
in 1891 $6,872; in 1892 $6,299. During
these terms these officials received 2,600
fees as comm'ssioners for refunding the
direct tax, which wili not aciue to any
offier official hereafter.
A COMMERCIAL WAR
Between the Panama 8nd the Pacific
Mail Steamship Companies.
A New York dispatch of Tuesday says:
The policy of the Panama Railroad com
pany in putting on aline of steamships
in opposition to the Pacific Mail Steam
ship company has impelled the last nam
ed company to reduce its passenger rate
to Colon from $90 to $20 and its freight
rate from $9 to $2 per ton. The signifi
cance of this action will be grasped when
it is considered ft is eight days’ journey
to the isthmus. This commercial war
gams additional significance from tbe al
leged fact that management of tne Pana
ma Railroad company advertised abroad
for foreign steamers to carry freight from
New York to the isthuns.
IT IS NOW SENATOR LINDSAY.
Kentucky Sends Him to Washington
as Carlisle’s Successor.
A dispacb of Monday frem Frankfort,
Ky., says: Judge William Lindsay will
be* sent to Washington as the
of Senator J. G. Carlisle. The new 1
tor is almost as large as Davis
RECITES.
Apple Salad—One quart of steamed
apples rubbed through a sieve, six table
spoons of salad oil or melted butter,
salt and pepper to taste, one teaspoon
made mustard, and one teaspoon sugar.
Serve cold.
Potato Lemon Pudding—Three ounces
of potatoes, the peels of two large
lemons, two ounces of white sugar, two
cunces of butter. Boil the lemon peel
until tender, and beat it in a mortar with
the sugar. Boil the potatoes and peel
them; mix all together with a little milk
and two eggs. Bike it slightly.
Poached Eggs in a Ball—To poach
eggs in a ball is a knack known to clever
cooks. The water is heated to boiling
and then rapidly stirred till a small
whirlpool is produced, in the hollow
heart of which maelstrom the egg is
cleverly dropped. The motion of the
water sets the white instantly into a cir
cular covering for the unbroken yolk.
Chocolate Cake—Take a quarter of a
pound of butter, beat to a cream, add
the yolks of six eggs, half a pound of
sugar, and stir for half an hour. Then
add a quarter of a pound of grated
chocolate, two teaspoonfuls of cocoa
powder, some vanilla flavoring, three
and a half ounces of cornstarch, and fin
ally the snow of the whites of six eggs.
Bake in a form like preceding cakes, but
let the oven be hot. It will take about
three-quarters of an hour to bake.
Parker House Rolls—Dissolve in a
quart of warm milk two tablespoonfuls of
sugar, one teaspoonful of salt, one cup
of lard or butter, three-quarters of a tea
cup of yeast. The milk must be scalded,
then the butter added to melt; let this
mixture cool, then add flour enough to
make a smooth batter. Set it to rise, and
when light add the rest of four quarts of
flour. Knead it into a loaf, and let rise
agate; then make out into biscuits, and
when they are light, bake in a moder
ately hot oven.
Rissoles of Fish—Any cooked fish will
do; remove all bones from the meat, and
then pick well to pieces; mix it well with
an equal quantity of bread crumbs and a
little butter, season it with an onion
chopped very fine, a little chopped pars
ley, sage, pepper and salt; add to this
enough beaten egg to hold it well, and
make it up into small, flat cakes; fry in
hot butter; when they are done, add a
little water to the fat in the pan; add a
little flour thickening, and a few
chopped capers; pour the gravy around
the rissoles, and serve them very hot.
How lo Sec the Wind.
Take a polished metal surface of tve
feet or more with a straight edge; a
large handsaw will answer the purpose
very well. Next, above all things else,
choose a windy day for the experiment,
but whether hot or cold does not mat
ter; neither will it m^ke any difference
whether it be clear or rioudy, only let it
not be tried in murky;" rainy weather.
Hold your metallic aj right angles to
the direction of e., if the
HUMOR OF THE DAY.
A yard stick—The clothes pole.
Never too old to learn—The ancient
classics.
Measuring a vessel’s speed is a knotty
problem.—Boston Courier.
The monetary question—Can you seta:
tie that bill- to-day?—Omaha Wold*
Herald.
The trouble with the lynx eyed de
tective is that he sometimes drops some
of the links.—Puck,
She— 1 ‘How do you pronounce C-h-i-
c-a-g-o?” He (of St. Louis)—“Guilty.”
—Detroit Free Press.
A girl gives her lover /a mitten, we
suppose, because a pair is out of the
question.—Binghamton Leader.
Many a man who couldn’t train a de
cent dog properly confidently undertakes
the training ot a child.—Puck.
There are a good many successful lion
fighters who will run at the sight of e
hornet.—Indianapolis Ram’s Horn.
The woman with the new sealskin
sacque is just asanxiou3 for cold weather
as the plumber.—Pittsburg Dispatch.
Ah, very fair, in-lee l, is sh?,
This maiden fair by me adored -I
But it’s very plain to me .
She’s dearer than I can afford.
—Pack.
When a lady “condescends” to da
something, she can' only preserve her
self-respect by doing it very badly.—
Puck.
Inquisitive people are reminded that
the chap who “pumps” the organ isn’t
the one who brings out the music.—
Truth.
Many unkind things are said of the
telephone, but one of its redeeming fea
tures is that you can’t lend money*
through it.—Philadelphia Record.
“Sure, Pat, the wather’s terrible clo
to the idge o’the boat!” “Yis; an’j
the toide rises six inches more we’ll b<j
be drooned.”—Yale Record.
“It’s all very well,” said the Eravs
digger, “to advise a young man toKegin
at the bottom, and work up, but p my
business it ain’t practicable.”—Life.
Binks—“I read a curious article, th«
other day, advocating a tax on beauty.”
Jinks—“Good idea. They won’fc|havi
much trouble in collecting it. Qtipi.
joke’s a joke,” the horse thief sain
When they led him ’neath the tree;
“But you fellers seam in dead earoesti
While you’re a-stringin’ me.”
—Puck.
An Irishman has written a Strok
tide in favor of cremation, and sa|
cremation has one great advantag
will.prevent “dead” people from be
buried alive.—Truth.
Orr E. Entle—“I hear that Nedj
say has given up his bachelor^
ment.” Marlboro — “Yes,
changed his bachelor quarters for al
ter half.”—Brooklyn Life.
Mrs. Snaggs (as she removes!
wraps)—“I had a lovely time at th^
ferent stores this afternoon.” Sna
“There you go talking shop agail
Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph.
Dumsquizzle—“Young Timbel
has a suit of clothes for every daj
week.” Skimgullet—“I never 1
wear but one.” Dumsquizzle
that’s the suit.”—Brooklyn Life.|
Tug Captain—“Boss, the •
workin’ very badly now, an’ we oug
do somethin’ about it.” Tug Ownij
“She won’t work, eh? Well, then,
her, see?”—Philadelphia Record^
The military man was onj
A hero to us all.
The footbal 1 player no
Whose carnage we rl
—WaT
Dukane—“Speaking oj
saw hailstones as iarge-
terrupting with a sneer;!
Dukane—“Ob, bigger tl
large as horse-chestnf
Chronicle.
Mr3. Shyster de Fuysjl
that Miss Westlands ye
uous attentions to betrj
a refined training.’
mother, she is a rough
Shyster de Puysterj
to cut her.”—TheJ
Bed of Peat in
There is an enormous ol
Canadian island in the SI
rence, and the peopje;
world are beginning
It has one peculiarity
cost the discovers soml
When cut and heaped
undergoes p process
which heats it often
snor^fcious combustiqj
•lej